CommaSurf vs Patchword
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CommaSurf
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Browse the web on your Apple Watch easily! - Unified URL/search bar - Changeable search engine - Searchable history* - Bookmarks that you can name - Favicons ...and more! Make sure that the webview that the app uses supports the website you want to use. You can test that by asking Siri on your watch to open a website for you. If the webview that comes up displays the website fine and all necessary functions work, you're good to go with this app as well, since it uses the same webview. *The history only saves pages that have been directly opened from the app
Patchword
Compare files and directories to identify additions, removals, or modifications. It allows for matching files with slightly different names and applying or exporting patches and edit scripts non-destructively.
- Compare files and text
- Compare directories
- Identify added, removed, modified files
- Match files by alphabetical order or custom map
- Export and apply patches
- Create non-destructive edit scripts
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Select two files or paste two texts and compare them. Select two directories and compare them to see which files have been added, removed or modified, and selectively reset modified files to match the original ones. If files have slightly different names, you can match them by alphabetical order or a custom name map, and selectively rename them afterwards so that the names are equal. Export patches from two compared text files, or apply saved patches to an existing file. Create edit scripts that are applied non-destructively to a text file and export the resulting text.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Patchword at every 3 months against CommaSurf's every 20 months. CommaSurf's advantage is price ($4.99 vs $5.99). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
CommaSurf costs $4.99 and Patchword $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CommaSurf ships an update every 20 months, Patchword every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CommaSurf | Patchword |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | — | 3.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 20 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Viktor Sengel | Nicolas Kick |
In-app purchases
CommaSurf
No in-app purchases
Patchword
No in-app purchases
